Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20
FARM NOTES.

A Union County Qowa) farmer has figured
il out that it costs on an average S4.45 an
acre TO raise corn.
The farmers around Delaware, Iowa, hav-
ing exhausted the corn and feed they
raised this year, are shipping in food for
their stock.
Sharp competition among the grain buy
ers of StrOmsburg. Neb., is adding few
cents TO the prices, and the farmers are
rapidly delivering their crops.
Governor Larrabce estimates that there
are 1,00OOOO horses and 3,000,0OO cattle in
Iowa, and believes they are worth more
than all the railroads in the State, wateref
stock and all.
William Hossack, of Washington Sownr
ship, has sold his farm of 225 acres in Wash
ington township to Frank Playter for S37 sc
per acre Mr.. Hossack will go to Western
Kansas and engage in the stock business,
where plenty Of grazing land can be had
Girdrd Kdn) Press.
The elevators are so full OF corn that the
buyers are compelled to dump shelled corn
the ground, and what is still, worse
they can't get cars to ship the supply they
now have on hand. Yet the price Of this
cereal is kept cent or two in advance O.
the market in neighboring towns.-Idi,'age
(-Veb.) Tribune.
In Washington County, Utah, the bust
ness of raising cotton has been conducted
on a small scale the past few years. 1t Isl
generally in patches of from half to one
or two acres, and being raised on such a
small scale costs all the farmer gets for it
10 raise it. The past years product was
about 10000 pounds, which found Il market
at the Washington wooden mills and the
Manti rope works, where its market value
is thirteen cents per pound.
Cows that are being dried off, and thae
are To be turned oyer 70 the butcher in The
spring, will often pay considerable pcr-
ton Of their keep in their yield of milk.
Patching COWS, especially when fed on corn
meal, give extra rich milk. and il will pay
to turn it into butter while enough IS
given TO make a churning of cream per
week. But the milking SHOULD be stopped
at least two or three months before the fat
tening process is completed.-ITacticat
Farmer.
The farmers meeting on the 23d, at Car
thage. SHINY attended, a number of
our Jasper County farmers prefcrring 70
remain at home with their Irvine binders and
mortgages rather than spend day learuipg
something else besides holding their noses
10 the grindstone. The addresses Of j. W.
Sanborn, Prof. Taft and DR.. Paquin. State
Veterinarians.wer Of incalculable value 70
our local farmers, who lose time and ulOneyo
every month in the year by not being posted
on the issues Of the day relating TO agricul-
ture.-SGrco1ie MO- Vi'.dieatOr.
Corn in any shape is excellent feed 1or
nlilch cows, especially when butter is the
object. The oil, sugar and starch it coz
tains are all carbonaceous compounds and
chemically identical with butter. a ration
of corn meal twice day, with other feed,
will make the milk much richer, and with
most cows will make the butter of better
color. Winter butter, at its best is apt to
be too white. 1t is not fraud on consuin-
ers 10 use coloring matter on well-made,
sweet winter butter. The Improvement in
appearance makes the butter really more
palata ble.-PFGcficdl EdrIner.